How did EU membership of Eastern Europe affect student achievement?

Annika B. Bergbauer

The accession of Eastern European countries to the European Union increased family wealth and the returns to schooling. I analyze the change in student achievement due to the EU accession of Eastern Europe building on a panel of six PISA waves covering more than 1 million students in 32 countries. Using a difference-in-differences approach I find a positive and statistically significant link of EU membership to reading scores by one decile of a standard deviation. Mediation analysis suggests school efficiency, family wealth, and family structure as key transmitters of EU membership to student achievement.

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Year of publication:	2019
Authors:	Bergbauer, Annika Barbara
Publisher:	Munich, Germany : ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich
Subject:	European Union \| student achievement \| PISA \| Bildungsniveau \| Educational achievement \| Osteuropa \| Eastern Europe \| EU-Mitgliedschaft \| EU membership \| EU-Staaten \| EU countries \| Schüler \| Pupils \| Studierende \| Students

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (circa 72 Seiten) Illustrationen
Series:	Ifo working papers. - Munich : [Verlag nicht ermittelbar], ZDB-ID 2681107-8. - Vol. 299 (May 2019)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature ; Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/199073 [Handle]
Classification:	I28 - Government Policy ; H52 - Government Expenditures and Education ; L15 - Information and Product Quality; Standardization and Compatibility ; D82 - Asymmetric and Private Information ; P5 - Comparative Economic Systems
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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